Pe­ter Ray Blood

?It's here, the Great­est Fes­ti­val on Earth–T&T Car­ni­val. The par­ty scene ac­tu­al­ly gets go­ing as ear­ly as to­mor­row (Box­ing Day) with San Fer­nan­do, as is tra­di­tion, be­ing the hot spot. Merge the Cul­ture at Guaracara Park is the first big C2K10 fete and it is over­flow­ing with some of the most en­ter­tain­ing so­ca artistes in the land, in­clud­ing mul­ti­ple C2K9 cham­pi­on Fay-Ann Lyons, her hus­band Bun­ji Gar­lin, as well as KMC's Red, White & Black, fea­tur­ing for­mer So­ca Monarch cham­pi­on Ron­nie Mc In­tosh. Just a gen­tle re­minder to all, the theme for C2K10 is "drink re­spon­si­bly." If you have to over­do and do not wish to be­gin your new year stand­ing be­fore a mag­is­trate, ap­point a des­ig­nat­ed dri­ver, and Ar­rive Alive.

?Sat­ur­day 26 (Box­ing Day)

10 pm: Merge the Cul­ture, feat Bun­ji Gar­lin, Fay-Ann, KMC & Red, White & Black, Ron­nie Mc In­tosh, Ja­maica's Dr Evil and more, Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre.

Jan­u­ary Fri­day 1

4 pm: The Tra­di­tion­al Yorke Inc Start de Car­ni­val Back-a-Yard Dutch Par­ty, Anne Av­enue, Diego Mar­tin;

5 pm: Birds Kaiso Tent holds C2K10 CD Launch, Man­goes Bar, San­ta Flo­ra;

Sat­ur­day 2

8.30 pm: Splen­did En­ter­tain­ment (CSG) presents To­ba­go Com­e­dy Fes­ti­val, feat Nao­mi Abi­o­la, Lly­lo, Pan­man Job, Lil Jean, Sun­ny Moon The­atre, Spran­galang and more, Orig­i­nal Sun­day School venue, Buc­coo, To­ba­go;

9 pm: Tribe stages ICE In­sane Cool­er Ex­pe­ri­ence, The Ice Fac­to­ry, Jen­ny's Carpark, Cipri­ani Boule­vard,

Port-of-Spain;

Sun­day 3

4 pm: So­ka in Mo­ka, Trin­i­ty Col­lege, Mo­ka, Mar­aval;

11 am: Launch of Dpho­lis' 25th an­niver­sary ben­e­fit all-in­clu­sive fete, UWI Sports Club, Agos­ti­ni Street, St Au­gus­tine;

Fri­day 8

9 pm: St Fran­cois Girls Col­lege stages So­ca Masala & D Melt­ing Pot, mu­sic by Kes the Band, Kar­ma, Ish­mael de De­mo­li­tion Man, Mer­ry Per­ry, Shal Mar­shall, St John's, Wright­son Road Ext,

Port-of-Spain;

Sat­ur­day 9

5 pm: Out­ta de Blue XI, feat Kes the Band, Na­dia Bat­son, Roy Cape All Stars, Dil-e-Nadan, Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars, World Wide, QRC Court­yard, St Clair;

5 pm: du Mau­ri­er ONE all-in­clu­sive fete, Queen's Park Oval, St Clair.

9 pm: Fire Fete, St John's Hall,

Wright­son Road Ext,

Port-of-Spain;

Sun­day 10

Noon: UWI Fete 2009, Prin­ci­pal's Grounds, UWI St Au­gus­tine Cam­pus, St Au­gus­tine;

5 pm: IS­LAND­peo­ple hosts Am­ne­sia 2010, Am­ne­sia Spec­trum, Ch­aguara­mas;

5 pm: The Na­tion­al Ac­tion Cul­tur­al Com­mit­tee (Nacc) stages Top 20 Ca­lyp­soes for 2009 Cas­ca­dia Ho­tel,

St Ann's;

Fri­day 15

8.30 pm: Pre­miere of Ca­lyp­so Re­vue C2K10 sea­son, feat Sug­ar Aloes, Crazy, Chalk­dust, Denyse Plum­mer, Skatie, La­dy Tall­ish, Spran­galang, Su­per Lou and oth­ers, The Velo­drome, Ari­ma;

8 pm: Pre­miere of Tu­co Klas­sic Ru­so ca­lyp­so tent, feat Lu­ta, All Rounder, Con­tender, Ver­sa­tile, Man­child, Bro Ebony, La­dy Won­der, Shirlane Hen­drick­son, Black Prince, Hamidul­lah, and more, City Hall, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain;

Sat­ur­day 16

4 pm: Old Hi­lar­i­ans stages an­nu­al all-in­clu­sive C2K10 Fete, mu­sic by Roy Cape All Stars and Bun­ji Gar­lin & The Asy­lum Band, plus SJ Switch, BAHS Court­yard, Aber­crom­by Street, Port-of-Spain;

Thurs­day 21

8 pm: Open­ing of Kaiso Showkase, Palms Club, Pointe-a-Pierre;

Sat­ur­day 23

5 pm: Fete with the Saints, St Mary's Col­lege Court­yard, Fred­er­ick Street, Port-of-Spain;

9 pm: An­nu­al Pearl Gar­dens se­mi-in­clu­sive Car­ni­val fete, Pearl Gar­dens, Pe­tit Val­ley;

Thurs­day 28

8 pm: Queen's Park Crick­et Club an­nu­al Ca­lyp­so Com­pe­ti­tion & Fete, Queen's Park Oval, Wood­brook;

Fri­day 29

9 pm: Cen­tral Bank an­nu­al all-in­clu­sive fete, Cen­tral Bank Plaza, In­de­pen­dence Square, Port-of-Spain;

Sat­ur­day 30

9 pm: Holds Wasa Fete, Wasa Grounds, St Joseph;

5 pm: Dpho­lis' 25th an­niver­sary ben­e­fit all-in­clu­sive fete, mu­sic by Roy Cape All Stars, Laven­tille Rhythm Sec­tion, DJs Mr Q and Richard Sim­ply Smooth, plus guest artistes, UWI Sports & So­cial Club, Agos­ti­ni Street, St Au­gus­tine;

Sun­day 31

2 pm: Karam­bouly Kreations hosts Echo of de Wind all-in­clu­sive fete, feat Kar­ma, Sher­wayne Win­ches­ter, Al­i­son Hinds, DJ Joy and DJ Pro­duc­tion, Twin Walls Com­pound, 69 South Trunk Road, La Ro­maine;

3 pm: The Uni­ver­si­ty School's sec­ond all-in­clu­sive fete–South Amer­i­can Fi­es­ta, mu­sic by Anil Bheem & The BM­RZ, DJ La­lo, plus tas­sa and rhythm sec­tion, The Uni­ver­si­ty School Com­pound, UWI, St Au­gus­tine.